This Feb. 6, 2006, New York Times article analysed the escalating violence of Muslim protests against the Danish cartoons that depicted Muhammad as a terrorist.

Read a 2006 article by Hesham A. Hassaballa arguing that many Muslims were outraged over the cartoons controversy because of the lack of respect it conveyed towards them.

Read a 2006 article by Mark Levine arguing that the Danish cartoons controversy tell us more about Western fears of Islam than they do about Muslim attitudes.

Read this Feb. 8, 2006, New York Times story about the power of religious imagery.

Read a Feb. 8, 2006, Christian Science Monitor story about how the Danish cartoons controversy spurred charges from Muslims claiming they enjoyed fewer free speech rights in Europe.

Watch a 2012 interview with Danish-born scholar Jytte Klausen who published The Cartoons that Shook the World, which documented and analysed the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.

 Read a Feb. 8, 2006, Washington Times article about how images of Muhammad have long been shown in museums and libraries without controversy.

Ben Avery is a comic book author in Mishawaka, Ind., and former editor of Community Comics, a four-person Christian studio in operation until 2009 dedicated to creating “quality Christian comics.” Avery can comment on the interplay between the secular and sacred in comics and the media.

The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center is a northwest environmental and responsible investment collaborative venture of several religious communities based in Seattle. Contact executive director Linda Haydock.